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Towards a Structural Model of Polarisation: Methodological Foundations for Systemic Analysis

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Fragmentation in the polarisation research field prompted leading scholars to call for the development of systemic, integrative approaches to understanding the phenomenon. This thesis answers that call by constructing a model where different interpretations of polarisation can be co-located and examined. The model operationalises places, issues, and people as structural anchors, which are extracted from a decade of Australian and Canadian news media data related to three shared social issues (immigration, Indigenous matters, and artificial intelligence). Testing demonstrates the model's capacity to reveal configurations that may point to how polarisation is structured.

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